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Indian student chases American Dream despite US H-1B uncertainties
Context Thompson Reuters ^ | 10/9/2025 | Annie Banerji

Posted on 10/10/2025 5:08:20 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

Since President Donald Trump's H-1B visa crackdown, many Indian students who once dreamed of a world-class education, lucrative careers and a better quality of life, are nervous about tougher and more unpredictable U.S. immigration rules.

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Bengaluru-based Piyush is a 26-year-old who still wants to do an MBA in the United States. He asked for his full name not to be used, fearing it could affect his visa chances.

This is his story:

I have been in India all my life. I have studied and worked here and honestly, I have had enough. It is time to go. It is really hard in this country.

You end up working your entire life, only to earn peanuts. Basic things like housing are unaffordable in cities like Bengaluru and Mumbai.

Ever since I was a teenager, my dream has been to go to the United States - the promised land. The salaries, the work culture, the people are very, very good. I want to work with high-calibre peers and obviously, earn better.

After an MBA, annual salaries are about $150,000. If it is in consulting or finance, it could be up to $250,000. Buying a house or a car is not a luxury with that kind of pay.

Everything is much more within reach over there.

I thought 'MBA is my last shot at leaving', so I applied to a bunch of places - from Columbia Business School in New York to University of Chicago Booth School of Business. I'm hoping to hear back from them in early December.

My plan is to go on a student F-1 visa, get OPT for work experience and then the H-1B. I want to buy a car, eat good food, travel, but the main focus will be to recover my MBA expenses.

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Piyush stay home. American jobs are for Americans.
1 posted on 10/10/2025 5:08:20 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Chase an Indian dream and beat it


2 posted on 10/10/2025 5:11:37 AM PDT by albie
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To: albie

“Indian student chases American Dream despite US H-1B uncertainties”

Foreigners stealing American dreams.


3 posted on 10/10/2025 5:15:16 AM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: marcusmaximus

And the target audience for these stories is...?


4 posted on 10/10/2025 5:15:50 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: marcusmaximus

Hmm. There are exponentially more American young adults with hard luck stories. The more educated the worse


5 posted on 10/10/2025 5:22:12 AM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: marcusmaximus

For every Indian "chasing the American Dream" in America there is one American citizen bumped out of the way.

Instead of coming to America to live the good life let him chase his dream in India and clean up the toilets and garbage pits they live in.


6 posted on 10/10/2025 5:24:06 AM PDT by Iron Munro ( Obi-Wan Kenobi: Who's the more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?)
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To: Iron Munro

This is what these Indian people don’t ever mention... getting an education here in the US and then going back to India to put their newly prized education to work lifting the Indian people up out of the poverty. Why is that?


7 posted on 10/10/2025 5:31:12 AM PDT by JoJo354 (President Trump will make America great again!!)
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To: one guy in new jersey

Affluent white liberal females.

Stories like this activate their fee fees.


8 posted on 10/10/2025 5:36:48 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: marcusmaximus

He hs had enough??!! What about us? You Indians come into OUR country, steal, CB heat and take over our communities, build demon temples and unleash your racists teenaged gangs!!!! Get the h**l out of her and back to the S**T hole u were spawned in. And fix it.


9 posted on 10/10/2025 6:30:28 AM PDT by Battlestar (Tired of transgenders, drug addicts, and mentally ill taking over our streets, schools, government)
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To: JoJo354
Why is that?

15 or so years ago when Indian immigration was in the news, an Indian coworker told me that he would NEVER go back to that "shithole" India.

10 posted on 10/10/2025 6:34:14 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Burma Shave)
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To: marcusmaximus

The American dream is for Americans.


11 posted on 10/10/2025 8:01:38 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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And just like that, there were no Ukraine posts any more.

12 posted on 10/10/2025 9:22:09 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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